Alberto De Luca contributed to the drafting of the chapter dedicated to Italy in the “Labour & Employment” guide published by Lexology, illustrating the main legislative and jurisprudential news in a labour law manner and providing his point of view. Click here to read more.
Read moreIn its ruling no. 2286 of 3 December 2021, the Court of Venice, Civil Section II, ruled on the legitimacy of an audio recording made by a third party during a court case. Two of the three defendants in their proceedings against the same employer, had produced an audio recording of a work meeting held ....
Read moreOn 12 November 2021, in its ruling no. 33809, the Court of Cassation returned to the issue of employer controls using electronic tools, considering the principles and restrictions applicable to personal data protection. The Supreme Court confirmed that an employee’s PC data are company assets. Therefore, an employer can acquire and use the data for ....
Read moreBy an order of 11 August, the Court of Milan ruled that allowing a company’s official to disseminate hostile messages through the social networks against a union, its representatives and its actions is anti-union behaviour. The Court also found that the Company had encouraged its employees to join another union, by adding a link to ....
Read moreWith its order no. 32506 of 8 November 2021, the Court of Cassation addressed the issue of judicial review of the technical, organisational and production reasons underlying transfers under art. 2103 of the Italian Civil Code. The case in question arose from an employee’s legal application for a declaration of the unlawfulness of the transfer ....
Read moreDigitalisation and sustainability are two issues at the heart of the debate about the challenges companies will face soon. To date, the term “digitalisation” (or “digital transformation”) still commonly refers introducing digital technologies into the workplace and applying them to the tools available to personnel to perform work. The evolution of technologies and processes increasingly ....
Read moreOn 7 December, the social partners and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies signed the “National Protocol on smart working” (the “Protocol“). As stated in the introduction, the protocol“establishes the reference framework for the definition of smart working by expressing guidelines for national, corporate and local collective bargaining in compliance with the legal framework ....
Read moreWith ruling no. 2629 of 10 November 2021, the Court of Milan considers that the dismissal prohibition introduced by the emergency legislation applies to executives. Facts of the case With an appeal under art. 414 of the Italian Code of Civil Procedure, an executive requested the Court of Milan to ascertain and declare the nullity ....
Read moreOn 24 December 2021, Decree Law 221, entitled “Extension of the state of national emergency and further measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic” (the “Decree“), was published in the Official Gazette, effective from 25 December. Because of the health risk associated with the spread of COVID-19, the state of emergency declared by ....
Read moreLaw 17 December 2021, no. 215 converting Law Decree 21 October 2021, no. 146 in force since 21 December (known as “Fiscal Decree”), to counter evasion during occasional self-employment, introduced an amendment to Legislative Decree no. 81/2008 providing for the obligation of prior reporting. The following is required: “To monitor activities of occasional self-employed workers ....
Read moreOn 8 November, the national legislature approved two separate legislative decrees introducing new predicate offences to the list of administrative liability of entities under Legislative Decree no. 231/2001. These are: Legislative Decree no. 184, which transposed European Directive no. 2019/713 “on combating fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment” and Legislative Decree no. 195, ....
Read moreIn its ruling no. 2286 of 3 December 2021, the Court of Venice, Civil Section II, ruled on the legitimacy of an audio recording made by a third party during a court case. Two of the three defendants in their proceedings against the same employer, had produced an audio recording of a work meeting held ....
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Vittorio De Luca frequently deals with restructurings, issues related to top managers and employment law aspects of private equity transactions. He is also adept at representing clients in litigation proceedings for unfair dismissal. Alberto De Luca is adept at handling reorganising operations and cross-border due diligence in the context of restructuring and private equity transactions. His client ….
One client describes the lawyers in the team as “well prepared, fast in providing answers, fair and always available for any urgent or sudden necessity.” “The cooperation is smooth and efficient,” reports another interviewee, adding: “Enquiries are promptly answered and tailored to the needs of the client.”
De Luca & Partners, which is exclusively dedicated to employment law, focuses on assisting companies and top executives with their day-to-day employment law issues and relations with trade unions, as well as restructurings, disputes and M&A-related matters.
Practice head Vittorio De Luca has expertise in advising corporates and private equity funds on international M&A and restructurings.
Alberto De Luca frequently advises clients on reorganising operations and cross-border due diligence in the context of restructuring and private equity transactions. His clients include domestic pharmaceutical and energy companies.
Sources attest that Vittorio De Luca is “always able to put himself in the position of the customer in order to fully understand the context.” Aside from advising on employment aspects of transactions, he has notable experience in negotiations with trade unions, damages claims and internal investigations.
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